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“It’s wild.” Sipekne’katik First Nation elects first female chief
Michelle Glasgow is the first female chief of Sipekne'katik First Nation in Nova Scotia, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake Michelle Glasgow says she is still in shock at becoming the first woman to be ...
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Mi’kmaw lawyer says federal government wants to limit treaty rights in Marshall decision through the courts
Mi'kmaw fisherman Leon Knockwood from Sipekne'katik First Nation, at the wharf in Weymouth, N.S. in Sept. 2019. Knockwood is one of several Mi'kmaw fishermen charged illegally fishing for ...
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First Nation communities in New Brunswick fight for land rights in landmark title cases
Three Indigenous groups in New Brunswick have launched separate legal actions against the provincial and federal governments. The Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey First Nations are pursuing a title case and ...
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Protecting Mi’kmaq Petroglyphs in Bedford, Kejimkujik National Park
When Donna Morris looks at the Mi’kmaq petroglyphs at Kejimkujik National Park, she sees history. “There’s a picture of a caribou. There’s a picture of a little missionary man that goes back to the ...
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Federal government provides $326K in search for unmarked graves at Shubenacadie residential school site
Dorene Bernard, an Indian Residential School survivor and Mi'kmaw elder speaks at a news conference in Indian Brook First Nation, N.S. on April 20, 2022/ Photo by Stephen Brake The federal government ...
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NS Mi’kmaw leaders link lack of DFO control over elver eel fishery to shooting of Eskasoni man
Mi'kmaw harvesters fishing for elver eels at the Head of St. Margaret's Bay in Tantallon, N.S. on Mar. 21, 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake Mi’kmaw leaders in Nova Scotia are accusing the Department of ...
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Sipekne’katik sues Nova Scotia, says fish buying regulations infringe on treaty rights
Sipekne'katik fishermen Lance Bernard, left, and David Balfour haul lobster traps from St. Mary's Bay on Sept. 25, 2020/Photo by Stephen Brake The Sipekne’katik First Nation is suing the Nova Scotia ...
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Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister
Former NSNWA president Cheryl Maloney, right, has filed a human rights complaint against Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil/Photos by Stephen Brake The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women ...
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New Mi’kmaw Resource Guide to help parents of 4-year-olds
Mi'kmaw linguist Bernie Francis reads one of the recommended books in the new Mi'kmaq Resource Guide for parents of four-year-old children/Photo by Stephen Brake A new resource guide aimed at helping ...
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Group calls tiny island at Alton site traditional Mi’kmaw territory, builds teepee
People against the Alton Natural Gas Storage project set up a teepee frame on a man-made island on the Alton site in Fort Ellis, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake A group that opposes the Alton Natural Gas ...
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Learning from (and about) Mi’kmaq history is path to reconciliation
TRC Chair Justice Murray Sinclair (right) and Commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild visit the former site of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School Oct. 12, 2011/Photo by Maureen Googoo I didn’t ...
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DFO negotiator meeting with Maritime First Nations to define “moderate livelihood”
Fishermen from Indian Brook First Nation, N.S. check lobster traps in St. Mary's Bay in Dec. 2017/Photo by Stephen Brake A federal negotiator for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been ...